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Crossing Borders - Women Agents Of Britain's Special Operations Executive (Soe) In The Second Wolrd War, Patricia Ann Delgiorno

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

CROSSING BORDERS - WOMEN AGENT'S OF BRITAIN'S SPECIAL OPERATIONS EXECUTIVE (SOE) IN WORLD WAR TWO This thesis will explore the experiences of Odette Sansom Churchill Hallowes, a Franco-British woman recruited as a secret agent during World War II by the Special Operations Executive (SOE), a branch of the British Foreign Office, to infiltrate German-occupied France for the purpose of assisting the French Resistance in disrupting vital German operations in the lead-up to the Allied invasion of the continent. It will address the highly gendered cultural, social and military borders that Sansom and other female SOE recruits crossed in order to …

Part I. Design, Synthesis And Biological Evaluation Of Novel 2,5,6-Trisubstituted Benzimidazoles Targeting Ftsz As Antitubercular Agents., Part Ii. Development Of Novel Taxoid-Based Drug Conjugates And Theranostic Imaging Agents Towards Tumor-Targeted Chemotherapy, Bora Park

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

Part I. Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of novel 2,5,6-trisubstituted benzimidazoles targeting FtsZ as antitubercular agents Filamenting temperature-sensitive protein Z (FtsZ), an essential cell division protein, is a promising target for the drug discovery of new-generation antibacterial agents against various bacterial pathogens. As a part of SAR studies on benzimidazoles, we have synthesized a library of 376 novel 2,5,6-trisubstituted benzimidazoles, bearing ether or thioether linkage at the 6-position. In a preliminary HTP screening against Mtb H37Rv, 108 compounds were identified as hits at a cut off values of 5 ìg/mL. Among those hits, 10 compounds exhibited MIC values in the …

Neural Correlates And Peripheral Mirnas Associated With Stress-Related Telomere Shortening, Stephanie Izzi

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

Telomeres are repetitive nucleoprotein complexes at the ends of chromosomes that provide a protective cap for genomic DNA. Telomere shortening leads to cellular senescence or apoptosis. Accordingly, telomere length is considered both a mechanism and marker for aging. Increased exposure to chronic stress is associated with shorter telomere length. In addition, differences in stress reactivity have been associated with telomere length. Here I will describe several studies identifying neural circuits associated with such telomere shortening, an evaluation of saliva as an appropriate biomaterial to measure telomere length, and an exploration of the role of microRNAs as mediators of stress-related telomere …

Role Of Squamous Cell Carcinoma Antigen (Scca) In Oncogenic Ras-Mediated Tumorigenesis, Joseph Michael Catanzaro

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

Squamous cell carcinoma antigens (SCCAs) are members of the serpin family of endogenous serine/cysteine protease inhibitors. First identified in the serum of a patient with squamous cell carcinoma of the uterine cervix, both SCCA1 and SCCA2 have now been found to be elevated in cancers of the lung, head and neck, and liver. Despite SCCA's long known involvement with human cancer, little is known about SCCA's functional role within tumor development and progression. I began my study examining SCCA expression in numerous epithelial cancers. In assessing 1,300 breast cancer samples, SCCA expression was found to correlate with high-grade, advanced-stage cancers. …

Inhibition Of Pathological Connexin26 Hemichannels Implicated In Keratitis-Ichthyosis-Deafness Syndrome, Noah Alexander Levit

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

Connexin (Cx) proteins form intercellular gap junction channels to facilitate the exchange of ions and second messengers between adjacent cells. Mutations in connexins cause several human diseases by interrupting cell-to-cell communication and coupling. Connexins also form functional hemichannels in nonjunctional membranes that have an unclear role in normal physiology but have altered activity in pathological states. Mutations in GJB2, the gene encoding connexin26 (Cx26), are linked to sensorineural hearing loss as well as syndromic deafness associated with skin disorders. In contrast to Cx26 mutations causing nonsyndromic deafness, those that also cause skin disease are exclusively gain-of-function single amino acid changes …

Structure Prediction Of Carbon Dioxide Hydrate And Xenon Hydrate, Hongfei Xu

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

Gas hydrate technology is one of research focus in recent years, and can be applied to solve problems in energy, environment, and other areas. Previous views had been that most gas hydrates decompose into gas and water (or ice) under 1 GPa or so, thus, research on hydrate structures in past few decades were conducted under low pressure conditions. Recent studies have shown the possibility that new structures of gas hydrate may exist under higher pressure, and this thesis aims to explore the structures of hydrate in carbon dioxide-water system and xenon-water system with the application of high pressure. The …

Submarine Groundwater Discharge As An Integral Environmental " Currency" Limiting Population And Development Within The Ecosphere Of Small Islands., Ruth Coffey

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

Submarine groundwater discharge (SGD) from oceanic islands has been estimated to contribute over a third of the global SGD due to orographic precipitation, short aquifer pathways and poorly developed surface drainage. This seepage of groundwater across the sea floor connects land and coastal ocean resources, and is hereby proposed as a parameter to evaluate the interconnections between coastal environmental quality and coastal populations and development. Relatively few islands have been studied, but SGD is typically found to be an important, and often the only, source of nutrients to coastal waters. Freshwater and its pollutant load are delivered to the coastal …

Faculty Senate Agenda, December 1, 2014, Utah State University

Faculty Senate & Faculty Senate Executive Committee

• Faculty Forum Minutes 2014
• 405 Code Change Proposal going to PRPC
• Extra Service Compensation Policy
• Educational Policies Committee Annual Report
• EPC Items for September, *October, *November
• Honors Program Report
• Libraries Advisory Council Report
• Parking Committee Report
• *Faculty Evaluation Committee Annual Report
• *Athletic Council Report
• *USU Student Association Report
• *Retention and Student Success Report
• Code Change 402.12.3 Committee on Committees Term (First reading)
• Update on PTR Working Group

Modeling Colony Collapse Disorder In Honeybees As A Contagion, Christopher Kribs, Christopher Mitchell

Mathematics Faculty Publications - Archive

Honeybee pollination accounts annually for over $14 billion in United States agriculture alone. Within the past decade there has been a mysterious mass die-off of honeybees, an estimated 10 million beehives and sometimes as much as 90% of an apiary. There is still no consensus on what causes this phenomenon, called Colony Collapse Disorder, or CCD. Several mathematical models have studied CCD by only focusing on infection dynamics. We created a model to account for both healthy hive dynamics and hive extinction due to CCD, modeling CCD via a transmissible infection brought to the hive by foragers. The system of …

The Experiences Of Gay And Lesbian College Athletes, Channell Barbour

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to explore the experiences of gay and lesbian college student athletes. Participants of the study were given an opportunity to share their stories about their lived experiences on college campuses as gay or lesbian student athletes. The primary research question explored was, What are the experiences of gay and lesbian college student athletes on college campuses? Other questions that guided this study included, What impact does self-disclosing as gay or lesbian have on student athletes’ sport participation? How does the larger campus environment impact gay and lesbian student athletes’ overall collegiate experiences? Furthermore, this …

Hiding Peas In Their Mashed Potatoes: Teaching Faculty Information Literacy On The Sly, Amy E. Kammerman

LOEX Conference Proceedings 2012

Are your faculty picky eaters? Do your faculty members make a face when they hear the phrase “information literacy”? In an effort to get faculty to use information literacy skills and pass this knowledge to their students, sometimes librarians must use stealth and ingenuity. This session will focus on innovative ways that information literacy can be incorporated into already existing programs with faculty and also provide ideas on trying something a little different to get faculty to try even a tiny bite of information literacy.

Bringing More To The Table(T): Ideas And Insights For Using Tablets In Instruction, Rebecca K. Miller, Carolyn Meier

LOEX Conference Proceedings 2012

This workshop will focus on resources and strategies for using iPads and other tablet computers specifically in the instruction setting. Attendees that own iPads or other tablet computers are encouraged to bring their devices with them to the workshop, and the workshop facilitators will bring a number of iPads, on loan from their home library and university, to LOEX 2012 in order to ensure that all workshop attendees will be able to gain hands-on experience with the devices.

The facilitators, two instruction librarians who use iPads in their personal and professional lives and who are currently editing a book and …

Association Of G-Quadruplex Forming Sequences With Human Mtdna Deletion Breakpoints, D. W. Dong, F. Pereira, Steven Paul Barrett , '13, J. E. Kolesar, K. Cao, J. Damas, Liliya A. Yatsunyk, F. B. Johnson, B. A. Kaufman

Chemistry & Biochemistry Faculty Works

Background: Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) deletions cause disease and accumulate during aging, yet our understanding of the molecular mechanisms underlying their formation remains rudimentary. Guanine-quadruplex (GQ) DNA structures are associated with nuclear DNA instability in cancer; recent evidence indicates they can also form in mitochondrial nucleic acids, suggesting that these non-B DNA structures could be associated with mtDNA deletions. Currently, the multiple types of GQ sequences and their association with human mtDNA stability are unknown. Results: Here, we show an association between human mtDNA deletion breakpoint locations (sites where DNA ends rejoin after deletion of a section) and sequences with G-quadruplex …

First Proof Of Concept Of Sustainable Metabolite Production From High Solids Fermentation Of Lignocellulosic Biomass Using A Bacterial Co-Culture And Cycling Flush System, Wanying Yao, Sue E. Nokes

Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering Faculty Publications

To improve the lignocellulose conversion for ABE in high solids fermentation, this study explored the feasibility of cycling the process through the cellulolytic or/and solventogenic phases via intermittent flushing of the fermentation media. Five different flushing strategies (varying medium ingredients, inoculum supplement and cycling through phases) were investigated. Flushing regularly throughout the cellulolytic phase is necessary because re-incubation at 65 °C significantly improved glucose availability by at least 6-fold. The solvents accumulation was increased by 4-fold using corn stover (3-fold using miscanthus) over that produced by flushing only through the solventogenic phase. In addition, cycling process was simplified by re-incubating …

Microneedle Arrays For Injection Seeding Of Tissue Engineered Scaffolds, Katelyn Michelle Rye

All Theses

Tissue engineered constructs have proven to possess comparable mechanical and physical characteristics to autologous tissues making them suitable replacements fordiseased anatomy when autologous tissue transplants are unavailable. However, difficulty in reseeding the constructs with cells prevents the tissue-engineered scaffoldsfrom becoming an adequate, equivalent replacement for diseased tissues when compared to autologous transplants. Cells adhere to the outer surfaces of scaffolds but are incapable of penetrating the constructs to provide complete cellularization. If cells were able to populate the inner layers of the tissue, then they could likely diffuse into the intimal and external layers of the construct to create a …

Melatonin And Neurogenesis: A Comparative Study Of The Efficacy Of Melatonin, Its Precursors, And L-Dopa On Neural Stem Cell Metabolism In Human Adult Neurospheres, Omar Heriba

HIM 1990-2015

Human neurosphere stem cells offer promising potential for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases. Their well characterized multi-potency of differentiating into neurons, astrocytes, and oligodendrocytes when exposed to the optimum exogenous growth factors make them an exciting area of study (38). Finding novel endogenous methods of modulating stem cell metabolism will allow for the safer treatment of various brain disorders (34). In this experiment, melatonin, N-acetylserotonin, L-tryptophan, and L-DOPA are added in three different concentrations to neurospheres suspended in HNSC/GBM media with less than optimal concentrations of exogenous epidermal growth factor (EGF) and fibroblast growth factor (FGF). The alamarBlue assay (resazurin) …

Uni Grad Student News, V11n10, December 2014, University Of Northern Iowa. Graduate College.

UNI Grad Student News

Inside this issue:

-- Message from the Dean
-- Graduate Alumni Profile: Luci Dumas
-- Graduate Faculty Profile: Dr. Fabio Fontana
-- Current Student Profile: Heather Chamberlain
-- Eighth Annual UNI Graduate Student Symposium April 1st, 2015 Registration Now Open!
-- Graduate Student Advisory Board Update
-- Graduate College Social Mixer
-- Graduate Student David Coltrain Joins NISG Legislative Branch
-- Tips to Prepare for the 2015 Spring Semester
-- Counseling Program Students Participate in Symposium
-- Speech Language-Pathology Students Update
-- Women's and Gender Studies Students Attend NWSA Conference in Puerto Rico
-- Winter Break 2014
-- UNI Alumni …

Characterization And Role Of Msaabcr In Biofilm Development And Virulence In Staphylococcus Aureus, Gyan Sundar Sahukhal

Dissertations

Community-acquired, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains often cause localized infections in immune-compromised hosts, but some strains show enhanced virulence leading to severe infections even among healthy individuals with no predisposing risk factors. The genetic basis for this enhanced virulence has yet to be determined. S. aureus possesses a wide variety of virulence factors, the expression of which is carefully coordinated by a variety of regulators. Several virulence regulators have been well characterized, but others have yet to be thoroughly investigated. Previously, the msa gene as a regulator of several virulence genes, biofilm development, and antibiotic …

Esl Composition Ii-Section 1937: Fall 2014, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

SWOSU ESL Composition II Anthology

No abstract provided.

Establishing Causes Of School Dropout Within An Era Of Dropout Preventative Measures: A Study Of A Rural Primary School In Moyo District-Uganda, Andrua Harriet Maiku

Master of Education

Education is a human right that empowers individuals and the society to improve on their livelihood as well as participate in nation building. Uganda was the first Sub-Saharan African country to implement Universal Education (UPE) in 1997 with the intention of providing basic education for all children of school going age. However, research reports indicate Uganda is among the countries with the highest school dropout out rates in primary school. Yet, there are many school dropout preventative interventions in place to strengthen UPE and mitigate the challenges that cause children to leave without completing their basic education. This study sought …

Role Of Sesemat Led Continuous Professional Development On Mathematics Teachers’ Practice, Wamala Francis

Master of Education

The study aimed at exploring and understanding the role of the CPD provided the SESEMAT (on teachers’ practice). SESEMAT is the Secondary Science and Mathematics Teachers’ Program in Uganda. The results were arrived at using a questionnaire and oral interviews with four mathematics teachers, two deputy head teachers, one head teacher and one SESEMAT national trainer. Also lesson observations and document analysis were employed as data generation tools. The study is important because SESEMAT has been offering CPD over a period of time. However there is little understanding about the role of SESEMAT on teaching practice. Second I had a …

How Can Inquiry-Based Teaching Approach Be Used By Physics Teachers In A Rural Secondary School To Improve Students’ Participation In Learning Physics? A Case Study Of A Rural Public Secondary School In Kanungu District In Uganda., Mugimba Kenneth Oryateisa

Master of Education

Several researchers have published that there is a decline in the number of students interested in studying science today. They attribute this to the poor methods of teaching used by science teachers in schools today. They assert that there is no correlation between what is taught in science lessons and its relevance in real world. For that reason students fail to know the implications of studying science and its use in everyday life. One prospective way of improving students’ interest and motivation to learn science will be the teaching of science lessons using inquiry activities that will improve students’ participation …

Using The Lens Of Gender Responsiveness To Investigate School Leadership Efforts To Keep Girls In School: A Case Study Of A Public Primary School In Kinango Sub County In Kwale County, Kenya, Ruth Ndete Mwangi

Master of Education

In spite of the gender policies that Kenyan government has enacted and the NGOs interventions to support girls’ education, high dropout rates still prevail due to: in school, out of school, political and administrative factors that are still problematic. There has been a plethora of research on barriers to girls’ education although there is paucity of research on the school environment’s potential in curbing the premature termination of girls’ formal education. This qualitative case study was investigating the school leadership efforts to keep girls in school which was evaluated against the Gender Responsiveness lens as seen in the facilitation of …

An Exploration Of The Role Of School Leadership In Implementation Of Learner-Centered Pedagogy In Teaching Mathematics: A Case Of A Secondary School In Tanzania., Rehema Mdoe

Master of Education

School leadership is an entity that has potential to bring changes for the improvement of schools, as a contextual factor it can affect teachers’ practices and improve students’ performance. With the continued failure in mathematics among secondary school students, school leadership can be explored to see how can influence mathematics teachers to use learner-centered pedagogy in teaching mathematics as the new curriculum of 2005 advocate. This dissertation report is therefore about the exploration of the role of school leadership (SL) in implementation of learner-centered pedagogy (LCP) in teaching of mathematics: a case of secondary school in Tanzania. Using qualitative case …

Integration Of Multimedia In The Teaching And Learning Of Physics: How Can It Influence Student Classroom Engagement?, Cockgen Omondi Limonya

Master of Education

Considered as a multidimensional construct, student engagement has been the focus of educational research for over a decade. Educational researchers have been interested in student classroom engagement because it is opined as one of the ways through which student academic achievement, which has been cited as poor in physics, can be improved. Unfortunately, physics teachers in Kenya have not been able to engage their learners leading to the poor performance in physics. Studies have shown that multimedia integration in teaching and learning enhances student classroom engagement. The current study therefore aimed to examine the relationship between multimedia integration in the …

Parental Involvement In The Learning Of Children’S Literacy At Home And School: A Case Study Of A Government Aided Primary School Bukedea District Uganda, Apolot Josephine Matha

Master of Education

Research has proved that parental involvement is expected to improve the literacy learning of children both at home and school. The research here has mentioned areas on how parents can be involved in the children’s learning of literacy at home and school. The reason for this research was to find out the extent of parental involvement in the children’s learning of literacy at home and school. During September and October 2014 the researcher visited one of the government primary schools in Uganda found in Eastern region in Bukedea district to collect data, through semi structured interviews, focus group discussions, lesson …

The Head Teacher’S Experience In Dealing With Noncompliant Teachers In A Secondary School: A Case Of A School In Arua District, Uganda., Okecha Patrick

Master of Education

Effective school leadership is linked to proper management of discipline of teachers that improves teaching and learning of students. Management of teachers’ misconduct is believed to be possible with the head teacher applying the teachers’ discipline management procedures established by MoES. Commitment and discipline of teachers are the key factors to effective curriculum delivery to the students. The issue of noncompliant teachers does not only affect teaching and learning in schools, but also give head teacher hard time to deal with it.This study on head teacher’s experience in dealing with noncompliant teachers was conducted in one secondary school in Uganda …

Variable Education Exposure And Cognitive Task Performance Among The Tsimane, Forager-Horticulturalists, Helen Elizabeth Davis

Anthropology ETDs

At present, we know very little about the transition from traditional learning skills to models of standardized learning, and how it can influence the way one understands and solves problems. This research will examine cognitive performance and the factors affecting variation across communities and between individuals as it changes with age. The objective of this dissertation is to measure cognitive performance among children between 8 and 18 years of age exposed to variable levels of formal schooling in order to investigate three main research questions: (1) Whether exposure to schooling and increased performance in school-based abilities, such as math and …

Motion Of Bubbles In Confined Microgeometries: Flow Behavior And Co2 Dissolution Regimes, Martin Sauzade

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

The motion and dissolution of bubbles in confined microgeometries is of pivotal importance for many natural and industrial flow processes such as microchemical systems and the development of models for unveiling the fundamentals of oil recovery in porous-like media. In this thesis, we experimentally study the formation, morphology, dynamics and mass transfer of bubbles flowing through a liquid in a microchannel with a particular emphasis on the behavior and dissolution of CO2 micro-bubbles in high viscosity oils. A significant part of the thesis addresses the initial dynamical behavior of dissolving CO2 monodisperse micro-bubbles in numerous solvents (water, silicone oils, alcohols, …

New Observations Of The Andean Ibis (Theristicus Branickii, Threskiornithidae): Distribution, Movements, And Behavior Near Volcán Antisana, Benjamin West

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

The Andean Ibis (Theristicus branickii) of the highland grasslands of Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia is listed globally as Near Threatened and Critically Endangered in Ecuador. The Ecuadorian population is estimated at 100 individuals and is restricted to the vicinities of Volcán Antisana and Volcán Cotopaxi. Knowledge of the nesting biology of the Andean Ibis in Ecuador consists of a single filming in 1989. Much of its general ecology and movements is also unknown. The purpose of this study was to find evidence of nesting ibis in Ecuador while also collecting data on behavior, population, movements and interspecific interactions. Data was …